as in to quiet (down)
to stop talking
sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up
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Recent Examples of dry up
Leaders attribute the recent gains, at least in part, to COVID-era funding that's drying up next year, amplifying the urgency to fill the district's budget deficit.
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Monica Eng, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
Natural gas pipeline exports dried up, with a trickle still passing through Ukraine and up to 38 billion cubic meters per year going to China.
—Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 20 Oct. 2024
The supply of successful sitcoms — which were a key driver of revenue for local TV stations — dried up as the viewing audience fragmented with the proliferation of cable and streaming outlets.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Popescu said that vote-buying can only achieve fleeting results: When the money dries up, so will the support.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
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Monica Eng, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
Natural gas pipeline exports dried up, with a trickle still passing through Ukraine and up to 38 billion cubic meters per year going to China.
—Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 20 Oct. 2024
The supply of successful sitcoms — which were a key driver of revenue for local TV stations — dried up as the viewing audience fragmented with the proliferation of cable and streaming outlets.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Popescu said that vote-buying can only achieve fleeting results: When the money dries up, so will the support.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dry up
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Matthews’ voice swung from gravelly to hushed in a simple, affecting tribute.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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Throughout the first act, the auditorium was hushed.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Judges struggle to name favorite cheese Ask a judge to pick their favorite and most will clam up, dodge the question or offer a long, unranked list.Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
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One social worker said that a girl clammed up in a recent interview that her mother was invited to.Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
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Those final panels, of the Red Skull being shut up in darkness — but not to die.Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Where other artists his age have long ago decided to shut up and play the hits, the mercurial 83-year-old is using his recent tour dates to cover songs from the ’50s and play tracks off his middling 2012 album Tempest, with only the occasional scrap of red meat thrown to audiences.Chris Stanton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
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So, the liberal media should pipe down and order the flowers.Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2024
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Traditionalists who follow the Test arena want England to pipe down a bit and play sensibly when the game favours them.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
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“Dry up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dry%20up. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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